CEO Club of Boston

Why CEOs Need a "Watering Hole"

CEOs are a lonely bunch, often uncertain where to turn for advice, feedback, peer support or knowledgeable coaching. But CEOs lucky enough to come across a gathering place with other CEOs, in effect a “watering hole,” will be able to also locate both answers and emotional relief to keep them and their companies moving forward, and in the right direction!

These words, first uttered by CEO Club of Boston founder Fred Green are excerpted from his article published in CEO Refresher Magazine. They express the mission of the Boston branch of CEO Clubs International where longtime Club members report many invaluable benefits from their participation over the years. Such member benefits now include:

Useful meetings each year featuring expert speakers, “roundtable” problem-solving segments and networking with other CEOs

In-depth workshops and seminars focusing on skill-building in such areas as strategic leadership & management, business development & sales, finance & profitability and even personal development and work/life balance

Structures in which individual members share a vexing issue or problem in return for positive solutions and suggestions from CEO colleagues who have “been there”

The opportunity to promote a Club member’s products, services and value proposition, and generate referrals, new business prospects and word-of-mouth

Testimonials

“You sit in your office on a day-to-day basis and you think you’re the only one out there with your particular problems. But the benefits a CEO can receive when problems with employees are addressed in the presence of other CEOs can be enormous thanks to our shared experiences.” Joe Bodio, CEO, Lan-Tel Communications

“Being able to meet and get to know fellow CEOs from a different industry or even a similar one helps a lot due to the sharing of like information. It has added new skill sets and processes to both my own company’s procedures and its overall success.” Brian Urban, CEO, Sencorp

Upcoming Events

• Members-only B2B “Coffee Connection” to facilitate exchange of prospects, leads, brainstorming and resources to aid everyone’s business development objectives

• An all-day CEO Recharge, a chance to reflect on strategies & goals for the fall and Q1 2019 (open to both members and non-members)

• Launch of PAC #1 (Peer Advisory Council), members only

• Golfing for a Cause … fun & networking in the summer sun! Help us support SMGA. Available to both member and non-member duffers

Author of 8 books, Club Chair Ken Lizotte CMC is also Chief Imaginative officer (CIO) of emerson consulting group inc. which transforms CEOs and other executives, consultants, entrepreneurs, business experts, attorneys, professional services professionals and their firms into “thoughtleaders,” thereby separating them the competitive pack. A Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Ken is also a columnist for Huffington Post and Money Inc. and is a favorite keynote speaker at national and regional business conferences. He has delivered annual business success programs at such venues as Harvard University, the Concord Festival of Authors and the Institute of Management Consultants. A graduate of Alan Weiss’s Million Dollar Consulting College and a co-founder of the National Writers Union, he currently serves as pro bono president of Thoreau Farm (the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau) and has been interviewed by The New York Times, Fortune, Newsweek, Financial Times, Investors’ Business Daily, National Public Radio, CBS-TV, Writer’s Digest Magazine, The Boston Globe, and many others. He lives in Concord Massachusetts with his wife Barbara, daughter Chloe and spitfire Golden Retriever Beckett.

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